252 : LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA 
Group 9 (Autosticha type) 
In this group are included a small number of early genera characterised by the absence of vein 7 
and stalking of veins 2 and 3 of forewings, together with the remnants of those ancestral forms from 
which they and the rest of the family appear to have been derived, approaching the Oecophorid type. 
The cubital pecten is absent in the hindwings. The larvae appear to have the primitive habit of feeding 
on vegetable refuse, lichens, etc. Geographically the group appears to be primarily Indian, yet with a 
representative branch in America, and small colonies in Africa and Australia, 
378. GENUS ISCHNODORIS, MEYRICK 
Ischnodoris, Meyrick, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. Vol. 20, p. 726 (1911). — Type : I. sigalota, 
Meyrick. : 
Characters. — Head with appressed scales, sidetufts loosely spreading; ocelli posterior; tongue 
developed. Antennae 4/5, in C shortly ciliated, basal joint moderately elongate, without pecten. Labial 
palpi very long, recurved, second joint with appressed scales, terminal joint as long as second, moderate, 
acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae rough-scaled above. 
Forewings with 15 furcate, 2 and 3 stalked, 7 absent, 6 and 8 stalked, 11 from middle. Hindwings r, 
elongate-trapezoidal, apex pointed, termen hardly sinuate, cilia 1 1/4; 3 and 4 connate, 5 somewhat 
approximated, 6 and 7 stalked, 
Remarks. — Derivable from Axtosticha. 
Geographical distribution of species. — Indian. 
Larva unknown. 
1. I. sigalota, Meyrick, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. Vol 20, p. 726 (1911). Ceylon. 
379. GENUS SCEPTEA, WALSINGHAM 
Sceptea, Walsingham, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Lep. Het. Vol. 4, p. 108 (1911). — Type : S. decedeus, 
Walsingham. 
Characters. — Head with appressed scales; tongue developed. Antennae 3/4, in cj' simple, basal 
joint without pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint with appressed scales, terminal 
joint nearly as long as second, moderate, pointed. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to 
tongue. Posterior tibiae rough-scaled above. Forewings with 15 furcate, 2 and 3 stalked from angle, 
7 absent, 6 and 8 stalked, r1 from middle. Hindwings over 1, trapezoidal-ovate, termen slightly sinuate; 
3 and 4 connate or short-stalked, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 stalked. 
Remarks. — Probably derived from Glyphidocera, 
Geographical distribution of species. — North American, 
Larva unknown. 
1. S. aberratella, Busck, Journ. N. York Ent. Soc. Vol. 15, p. 138 (1907). Maryland. 
2. S. decedens, Walsingham, Biol. Centr. Amer. Lep. Het. Vol. 4. p. 109, Mexico. 
pl. 3, f. 3o (1911). 
